The deadweight losses from silliness

My old friend Stuart Levine, who makes a living helping people and businesses minimize their tax liabilities, has two posts [here and here] reflecting on the efficiency costs of the “all taxes bad” meme. In this case, the irresponsible tax-cutting was done by a Democratic governor and legislature, while the high-deadweight-loss “fee raising” is proposed by a governor who used to be one of Newt Gingrich’s footsoldiers.